The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-14
THE RESOLUTIONS.

4 hSSOfreQ, lnaL no DdllOt DE taken 10
night with the purpose of choosing a
United States Senator.
/ Resolved, That we renew our pledge to
one another as Democrats to elect nc
one as United States Senator before he
/ had been regularly nominated in this
| caucus and that we will distribute our
| votes so as to prevent such election until
such nomination has been made.
| Resolved, That when we adjourn it be
that our future meetings be private until
otherwise agreed upon.
So the caucus adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
The house did an immense amount of
routine work during the day. Fourteen
new bills were introduced Among the
| most important being those to create the
new county of Santa Fe; to instruct the
Attorney General to bring an action
against the Green Cove Springs and Mel
rose Railroad; to establish House of
Refuge for juvenile offenders, and to es-
tablish, maintain and manage a Normal
School at Ocala.
The House Bill to protect the plumed
birds of the State was made subject of
amendments and finally passed to
third reading, as was what is known as
the dental bill. Much other routine
work was gone through with but these
were all of special import.
WEDDING OUT LEGISLATION.
A message from the Senate was re-
ceived and spread upon the journal, re-
ferring to the legislation necessary to
carrying into effect the provisions of the
New Constitution, legislation which is in
danger of failing for lack of time to con-
slider it. The resolution appended read:
Resolved, By the Senate, the House of
Representatives cOncurring, that a joint
committee. consisting of three from the
Senate and five from the House, be ap-
pointed, whose duty it shall be to investi-
gate the calenders of both the Senate and
House and select therefrom such bills
and measures as may relate to the OBJ
jects herein before expressed and as may
be designed to put into effect the
provision of the Constitution, and report
them to the respective Houses in which
they may have been introduced, or in
which they may be pending, and when
such bills and measures are SO selected
and reported by the committee provided
for in this resolution they shall
have preference i'm the Houses
respectively over all other bills,
the said bills and measures so
reported tohave preference among them
selves in the order in which they are re-
ported, also that the joint committee
therein provided shall be continued
during the session, and shall report from
time to time such bills and measures
as may have been introduced or
reported, or such as may hereafter
be introduced or reported. and to
this end the consmittee may require of
the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of |
the House to furnish to them the bills |
and measures then pending in the Senate |
or House ON second reading.
They may also require of said Secre-
tary or Clerk such information data |
as they may deem necessary.
THE SENATE.
The Senate also waded through a mass |
of work. In the afternoon the bill au- |
Railroad Commission was |
again taken up and occupied the atten-
ton of the Senate until time for ad-
jOurnment.
THE DAILY BALLOT.
The following was to-day's ballot in
joint session:
Bloxham ----..--.--. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~
nerry -.----- 20
PascO. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. III
Goodrich ....... ............- ...---.-- IL
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